Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	88 (63 men and 25 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Zoran Primorac
Medals Rank: 49	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
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Other related appearances
Austria (1896–1912)  Hungary (1896–1912) Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Pechalov, NikolayNikolay Pechalov	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (62 kg)
3 Bronze	Boraska, IgorIgor Boraska Krešimir Čuljak Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Silvijo Petriško Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Tomislav Smoljanović Branimir Vujević	Rowing	Men's Eights

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

• Dejan Vojnović

• Round 1 — 10.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Branko Zorko

• Round 1 — 03:46.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Darko Juričić

• Round 1 — 52.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres

• Tihomir Buinjac, Siniša Ergotić, Slaven Krajačić, and Dejan Vojnović

• Round 1 — 39.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres

• Frano Bakarić, Nino Habun, Darko Juričić, and Elvis Peršić

• Round 1 — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Stevimir Ercegovac

• Qualifying — 18.98 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Dragan Mustapić

• Qualifying — 58.10 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Andraš Haklić

• Qualifying — 72.66 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Siniša Ergotić

• Qualifying — 7.53 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Stevimir Ercegovac

• Qualifying — 18.98 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Kristina Perica

• Round 1 — 53.72 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Ivana Brkljačić

• Qualifying — 65.01 m
• Final — 63.20 m (→ 11th place)

Women's High Jump

• Blanka Vlašić

• Qualifying — 1.92 m (→ did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Nikica Ljubek

• Qualifying Heat — 04:10.954 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Dražen Funtak and Nikica Ljubek

• Qualifying Heat — 01:45.567
• Semifinal — 01:45.955 (→ did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Andrej Glücks

• Qualifying — 263.66
• Final — 230.22 (→ 11th place)

Men's Canoe Singles

• Danko Herceg

• Qualifying — 275.82
• Final — 248.77 (→ 10th place)

Rowing

Men's double sculls

• Ivan Jukić & Tihomir Jarnjević: 14th place

Men's coxless pair

• Ninoslav Saraga &, Oliver Martinov: 8th place

Men's eights

• Igor Francetić, Tihomir Franković, Tomislav Smoljanović, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Igor Boraska, Branimir Vujević & Silvijo Petriško: 3rd place (bronze medal)

Sailing

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Karlo Kuret

• Race 1 — 6
• Race 2 — 10
• Race 3 — (18)
• Race 4 — 9
• Race 5 — 8
• Race 6 — 14
• Race 7 — 2
• Race 8 — (16)
• Race 9 — 13
• Race 10 — 3
• Race 11 — 4
• Final — 69 (→ 10th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Toni Bulaja and Ivan Bulaja

• Race 1 — (30) OCS
• Race 2 — 19
• Race 3 — 18
• Race 4 — 19
• Race 5 — 11
• Race 6 — 19
• Race 7 — 22
• Race 8 — 21
• Race 9 — 16
• Race 10 — (27)
• Race 11 — 17
• Final — 162 (→ 24th place)

Men's Laser

• Mate Arapov

• Race 1 — (44) RET
• Race 2 — (44) RET
• Race 3 — 44 RET
• Race 4 — 44 RET
• Race 5 — 44 RET
• Race 6 — 44 RET
• Race 7 — 44 RET
• Race 8 — 44 RET
• Race 9 — 44 RET
• Race 10 — 44 RET
• Race 11 — 44 RET
• Final — 396 (→ 43rd place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Marijan Kanjer

• Preliminary Heat — 23.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Duje Draganja

• Preliminary Heat — 49.83
• Semi-final — 49.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ivan Mladina

• Preliminary Heat — 56.17 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Lovrenco Franičević

• Preliminary Heat — 02:04.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Vanja Rogulj

• Preliminary Heat — 01:03.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Gordan Kožulj

• Preliminary Heat — 55.43
• Semi-final — 56.26 (→ did not advance)

• Marko Strahija

• Preliminary Heat — 56.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Marko Strahija

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.72
• Semi-final — 01:59.85 (→ did not advance)

• Gordan Kožulj

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.19
• Semi-final — 01:59.56
• Final — 01:59.38 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Krešimir Čač

• Preliminary Heat — 02:07.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Sandro Tomaš

• Preliminary Heat — 04:38.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Duje Draganja, Marijan Kanjer, Ivan Mladina, and Alen Lončar

• Preliminary Heat — 03:24.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Gordan Kožulj, Vanja Rogulj, Miloš Milošević, and Duje Draganja

• Preliminary Heat — 03:42.73 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Marijana Šurković

• Preliminary Heat — 27.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Petra Banović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:08.30 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Tinka Dančević

• Preliminary Heat — 02:21.02 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Smiljana Marinović

• Preliminary Heat — 01:13.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Petra Banović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:25.42 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Smiljana Marinović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:25.24 (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Croatia — Australia 3:1
• Croatia — China 3:1
• Croatia — USA 0:3
• Croatia — Brazil 0:3
• Croatia — Kenya 3:1

• Quarterfinals

• Croatia — Cuba 0:3

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Croatia — Germany 1:3
• 7th/8th place: Croatia — South Korea 3:1 → Seventh place

• Team Roster

• Marija Anzulović
• Elena Cebukina
• Patricia Daničić
• Biljana Gligorović
• Barbara Jelić
• Vesna Jelić
• Gordana Jurcan
• Ana Kaštelan
• Nataša Leto
• Marijana Ribičić
• Beti Rimac
• Ingrid Siscovich

• Head Coach: Ivica Jelić

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Defeated United States (10-7)
• Defeated Greece (9-5)
• Defeated Hungary (8-7)
• Drew with Yugoslavia (4-4)
• Defeated the Netherlands (11-7)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Spain (8-9)

• Classification Match

• 7th-8th place: Defeated Australia (10-8) → 7th place

• Team Roster

• Siniša Školneković
• Elvis Fatović
• Dubravko Šimenc
• Ognjen Kržić
• Ratko Štritof
• Mile Smodlaka
• Ivo Ivaniš
• Alen Bošković
• Samir Barač
• Igor Hinić
• Frano Vićan
• Vjekoslav Kobešćak
• Višeslav Sarić

References

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
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• International Olympic Committee Web Site